The scale is set for Patrick Roy: $10,000 for pushing a plexiglass window and screaming bad words.

That's what the NHL fined the Colorado Avalanche's new, crazy coach on Thursday for his outburst the night before, when he nearly pushed over a glass partition separating his bench from the Anaheim Ducks. His target was Bruce Boudreau, but that's barely relevant.

Patrick Roy is $10,000 in the hole after one game. (AP Photo) na

After the game, Boudreau said Roy was yelling at the Ducks players, so he approached the partition. Coach Roy, your response?

"What Boudreau said was all lies. I don't talk to players, I respect all the players," Roy said on Thursday, according to the Denver Post. "I'm certainly not going to get too involved in this one, but when you talk about classless—when you're lying, this is classless."

"Would I deal with it differently next time? Maybe, maybe not. I don't know."

It's worth noting that it the Avs' first game of the season and Roy's first game as an NHL coach of his life, so he's on pace for $820,000 in fines this season. That would be quite an achievement—is it possible? Let's map it out.

Oct. 5: Roy successfully knocks down the Pepsi Center partition during an argument with Predators coach Barry Trotz. He clearly thinks about to strangling Trotz, but doesn't know where to put his hands. $20,000.